I hope this doesn't mean a shift from the state trying to shorten sentences. According to this article, Draper is about 1,000 inmates below capacity as it stands. This replacement would up that significantly.

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Work on access roads to the planned new prison in northwest Salt Lake City started on Monday, with completion scheduled for November 2020. But questions remain about whether the 4,000-bed facility will be too large and if the state needs to brace for cost overruns on the project, now estimated at $650 million.

There are about 3,000 inmates housed at the state prison in Draper  about 1,000 below capacity  and incoming House Majority Leader Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, asked prison officials Wednesday if the Corrections Department really needed a 4,000-bed facility, especially at a time the state is trying to shorten sentences for nonviolent crimes through its Justice Reinvestment Initiative.